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It is difficult to imagine that this peaceful village was a market town in the Middle Ages.

The clock faces on the tower date from 1885.The granite façade of the Town and Market Hall looms behind, with The Queen's Head hotel on the left.

The Town Hall, rebuilt during the 19th century, occupies a solitary position in the centre of a deserted market place.

By the mid 1800s Church Stretton had become a holiday resort for people keen on country walking, and many hotels were established to serve this market.

A large number of the buildings in this photograph are now Grade II listed, but the dishevelled look of the market stalls did little to foster civic pride in antiquity.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

At the other end of the Market Square is the bronze statue of James Boswell, drinking companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson. His statue was not erected until 1908.

Frost's shop front 1909 Mr Frost's printing works and shop would have been kept busy in a market town like Bridport, producing a local newspaper, bills of sale and stationery for farmers and

Mentioned in the Domesday Book and briefly a spa town in the 17th century, Wellingborough was granted market rights by King John in 1201. Cromwell stayed here en route to Naseby during the Civil War.

Trains were laid on to rush the fish to the London and Midland markets. By 1906 these industries were in decline, and leisure boats were taking the place of fishing trawlers.

On the left is the market cross, which was erected in 1882 on the site of an ancient cross. Edward I granted Flookburgh its first charter in 1412. The old church stood by the trees.

Great Bardfield once had market rights, but it is now a quiet village. The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Egremont was granted a market charter as early as 1267, and is famous for its Crab Apple Fair held every September, which includes the World Gurning (face-pulling) Championships.

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

Its layout is extremely elongated, with the castle and market area at one end and the church (with presumably the original settlement site) up on the hill on the other side of the valley.

The imposing Red Lion Hotel overlooks a busy market scene. Kendall, the well-known store stocking umbrellas and rainwear, can be seen on the right.

Kirkby was granted a market charter by Edward I in 1307. The Perpendicular tower of the parish church of St Andrew can be seen in the background.

The Guildhall was built in 1574 as a market hall; it was rebuilt in 1814, except for the splendid timber arches on which it rests, and which serve as shelter for the stall-holders and their customers.

This is the main shopping street between the Market Place and New Bridge. On the right is the Black Bull Hotel, noted for its two-storey bow window which projects into the street.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

A busy weekly market stood by the crossing.